DPA 37 (P213162)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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Lineart

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Museum Number

PULiège 0028

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(szar2) 5(gesz2) <ninda> la2 1(disz) kusz3 numun sa2
2. a-sza3-bi 2(szar2) gal 2(szar'u) 4(bur'u) 9(bur3) 5(iku) 1/8(iku) GAN2 5(asz) 1/2(asz) sar 1(asz) gin2 2/3(asz){sza}
3. ba-pa
reverse
blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P213162
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P213162

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Museum Number	PULiège 0028
Accession Number

References

primary: DPA, 37

[Limet1973DPA] Limet, Henri. 1973. Étude de Documents de La Période d’Agadé Appartenant à l’Université de Liège. Bibliothèque de La Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres de l’Université de Liège, Fascicule 206. Paris: Les Belles Lettres.
citation: ZA 094 (pp. 1-15), 2ff.

[Foster2004ZA94] Foster, Benjamin R., and Eleanor Robson. 2004. “A New Look at the Sargonic Mathematical Corpus.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 94: 1–15.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-21 at 14:46:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-21 at 14:43:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:33:26	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“DPA 37 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P213162.

DPA 37 artifact entry (No. P213162). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P213162 (Original work published 1970)

DPA 37 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P213162 (Accessed: October 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {DPA 37 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P213162},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P213162},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“DPA 37 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P213162.

DPA 37 artifact entry (No. P213162). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P213162 (Original work published 1970)

DPA 37 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P213162 (Accessed: October 9, 2026).

@misc{2024DPA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {DPA 37 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P213162},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P213162},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P213162
LB  - CDLI:P213162
M1  - 2026/10/9/
TI  - DPA 37 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P213162
ER  -